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Haven [Mass Market Paperback]

Carolyn Davidson (Author)
2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)


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January 1, 2007
He thought he'd died and gone to heaven . . . until he realized he recognized the angel hovering around him!

Though it hadn't killed him, the gunshot wound to his chest was going to keep Sheriff Aaron McBain out of commission for a while. So he spent his days thinking about where he'd seen Susannah Carvel's face before. By the time he'd recovered enough to recall that it had been on a Wanted poster, he couldn't believe that she was guilty of any crime. Let alone murder!

Susannah claimed she'd been framed, but he would need to buy some time to prove her innocence. Giving her his name was the only way Aaron could think of to keep her safe from harm and silence the local tongues whose gossip might expose her. And he was beginning to realize that protecting Susannah had become the only thing in the world that truly mattered.



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Susannah is on the run from a murder charge, but when severely wounded Sheriff Aaron McBain hires her as a private nurse, he quickly discovers that he admires both her person and her abilities, and he proposes marriage. When his new wife flees, Aaron discovers that her past, unhappy marriage to a senator has induced some very powerful and dangerous men to go to great lengths to capture, interrogate, and permantly silence Susannah. He calls in several friends--among them the redoubtable Miss Hattie and a U.S. marshal--to help him keep her safe. Social issues such as governmental corruption, the attempted unionization of coal miners against exploitation, and the role and reputation of nurses in 1878 provide backstory and motivations, but the real appeal of Davidson's latest Western historical romance is to be found in her realistic characterizations and conflicts as she brings the small town of Ottawa Falls, Colorado, to life. Lynne Welch
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"Davidson wonderfully captures gentleness in the midst of heart-wrenching challenges . . ." -- Publishers Weekly

Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: HQN Books (January 1, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0373771797
  • ISBN-13: 978-0373771790
  • Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,231,638 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars exciting late nineteenth century police procedural romantic suspense, December 28, 2006
This review is from: Haven (Mass Market Paperback)
In 1878 in Ottawa Falls, Colorado, Sheriff Aaron McBain finds himself in a hospital looking at a beautiful nurse Anna Whitfield. Anna panics that Aaron will know her real identity Susannah Carvel, the widow of a senator murdered in DC; she is the only suspect.

When Aaron recovers enough to leave the hospital, Anna remains his nurse. He knows who she is having seen her face in the newspaper coverage of her spouse's homicide and on wanted posters. The lawman is convinced Anna is innocent and offers her a shocking deal. She marries him so he can keep the woman he cherishes safe as he believes the real culprit will come for her, buy her time away from the law and also investigate who killed Senator Carvel.

HAVEN is an exciting late nineteenth century police procedural romantic suspense though Aaron's compulsive means of keeping Anna safe seems extreme until the audience realizes he would risk anything even his life for the woman he loves. Readers will wonder if the hero is thinking with the wrong head as evidence seems to insist she is a black widow. The story line is fast-paced as the duo balance keeping her away from the unknown adversary and other law enforcement officials while also falling in love.

Harriet Klausner

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars NOT AS ACTION PACKED AS I LIKE -, July 9, 2007
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M. Hartmann "abayyan" (Milan, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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Sheriff Aaron McBain - got shot and got saved - by Miss Hattie.
Anna Whitfield was a lowly nurse whose face was the first vision Aaron saw as he opened his eyes.

I am not quite clear how their attraction grew - but Miss Hattie was willing to help it along.
The Sheriff had a nagging suspecion that he had seen Anna before.

Well trouble did start with someone being after Anna and Aaron decided to best protect her by marrying her.
Anna, who turns out to be Susannah Carvel, a widow suspected of killing her husband wants desperately to move on west.

Someone wants her dead - that is after they find out what she knows about her late husband's business.
It is an interesting but almost tame plot [but whose life is really on edge all the time?] - excellent characters - just a little too long without a good old fashion shootout. [guess I am a bit blood-thirsty when it comes to the villians]

It was an enjoyable read if you just want to pass the time.
Recommended -----------
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2.0 out of 5 stars I couldn't finish it., December 18, 2008
This review is from: Haven (Mass Market Paperback)
Unfortunately, I got to page 220 and had to stop reading it. It just wasn't doing it for me, which surprised me because the other books I've read by Carolyn Davidson, I LOVED. This one just didn't go anywhere, and was too much telling and not enough action. Too much of them going back and forth on how much they loved the other, basically. It kept being repeated. But this won't deter me from reading her other books.
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